Preliminary hazard assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans to Yangtze finless porpoise in Dongting Lake, China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 991-996

  Yang, Fangxing ^a   Zhang, Qinghua ^b   Xu, Ying ^a   Jiang, Guibin ^b   Wang, Yawei ^b   Wang, Ding ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hazard assessment; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins dibenzofurans; Yangtze finless porpoise

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; HEALTH HAZARDS; LIPIDS;

DIBENZOFURANS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDANGERED SPECIES; FAT RESERVE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PBDE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION CONTROL; PORPOISE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KIDNEY; LAKE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORPOISES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGTING LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES ASIAEORIENTALIS; PHOCOENIDAE; TETRA;

EID: 42049099243     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-381.1     Document Type: Article

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